Xgrid Clustering Software and Demo

no_demons writes "Along with a selection of other goodies, Apple also unveiled their Xgrid clustering technology from their advanced computation group today. Xgrid can turn a number of networked Macs into a supercomputer, detects nodes automagically via Rendezvous, and can run in or out of a screensaver mode. You can download a technology demo (including a BLAST test app) here."

Comments

Re:Competitive with Linux clustering?

[repetty]

"Macs aren't cheap."

Oh, yes they are.

Hey Colleges: Computer Labs = SuperComputers

[mkbz]

what a phenomenal idea. to take advantage of the idle processing power of machines that sit unused at least 50% of their time. virginia tech is just the beginning.

any college with a several ~25-machine labs can use this app to do supercomputer stuff, AND get the return on investment from normal users being able to utilize these machines during the day.

Re:Sigh

[UnknowingFool]

The company that doesn't seem to have the slightest clue what 64-bit computing is is delivering automated distributed computing? On machines with 8GB of expensive RAM?

I think that Virginia Tech would disagree with you on that last point there. There are not many applications that you could or would want to use 64-bit computing anyway so I don't understand your point. These days it's either DBs or number crunching. For the latter, having distributed system helps it even more.

But if you're not happy with your G5, you could send it to me. I'm sure I could use it to play Pong or something.